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Modern planters with high-speed seed meters, hydraulic downforce systems and other high-tech options sometimes require a little TLC to get them ready for the field.

For several years, Missy Bauer, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, has been in the market for a planter — specifically a corn planter she could call her own to use in plots.

Folding planters often use a big, hydraulic mono-block outfitted with lots of solenoids to control hydraulic functions. Oil dripping or spurting from the vicinity of that block looks disastrous, and may be.

Starting in 1993, Precision Planting was led by founder Gregg Sauder. In 2012, the company went through a series of acquisitions (and one potential acquisition). With the launch of Radicle Agronomy, here’s a look back.

Here are a few tricks to make those repetitive planter procedures easier and faster this spring.

While the initial production outlook is strong, Cordonnier says with La Niña still present, it could impact South American crops for a third year in a row.

Livestock futures mixed on Tuesday. Live cattle hit new highs except October then faded. Grain prices were higher with wheat leading the rally. Michelle Rook talks with Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek.

Cheyenne, Wyoming’s mayor fueled speculation about possible relocation of the Western Legacy beef packing project with his comments in a weekly column in Wyoming media.

Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero told Bloomberg News he expects the pandemic-era surge in U.S. consumer demand that snarled supply chains will start to cool. . .

British Prime Minister Liz Truss and President Biden agree a U.S./U.K. trade deal is a low priority. However, the U.K. might lean on the U.S. more in coming weeks as many countries prepare to ban Russian oil.